- RiceTec covets rights for Basmati 867
Even as Indian basmati rice traders and agriculture scientists try to grapple with the fall-out of the patent obtained by the US-based RiceTec Inc, new company has also sought Plant Breeders Rights
Even as Indian basmati rice traders and agriculture scientists try to grapple with the fall-out of the patent obtained by the US-based RiceTec Inc, new company has also sought Plant Breeders Rights
By creating a separate directorate of sericulture in the textiles ministry, the Maharashtra government has given a boost to the silk industry in the state. Officials here believed that with just one
Militant farmers yesterday blocked Greece's main north-south highway with tractors in protest against the Socialist government's refusal to make concessions in a long-running dispute over
India's leading rice breeder, Dr. E.A. Siddiq, has said that the use of 'basmati' name by the US Rice Tec Inc to its variety was "unacceptable." Dr. Siddiq and co-researchrs developed the world's
The Technology Information and Forecasting and Assessment Council, while functions under the Department of Science and Technology for promotion and commercialisation of indigenous technologies, has
Honey apart, bees are being used by many countries to enhance crop yield, but India is yet to tap this potential. Had India paid enough attention to utilise the services provided by bees, it would
Concerned over dwindling paddy fields in Kerala, the state government is encouraging the use of imported mechanised paddy-seeding transplanters by offering subsidies to make rice cultivation
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to intervene once again in the matter pertaining to the mass suicides of farmers in Andhra Pradesh in the last two
The foot and mouth disease has claimed the lives of 3000 cattlehead and affected more than 6000 in Moga, Ferozepore and Faridkot districts.
India has a strong case against the patent on basmati rice, granted recently to an American company Rice Tec by the US Patant Office, said some top officials and agriculture
Indonesia's indefinite ban on crude palm oil exports and an anticipated drop in Indian oilseeds output will drive up Indian edible oils prices, industry officials
The government today expressed its concern over the possible implications of a recent U.S. decision to grant a patent to an American company for basmati rice. It may soon approach the U.S. Patent
Health campaigners have attacked the European Commission's proposal to continue subsidising tobacco producers. But Commission officials say they are optimistic that member states will support the
Sakthi Sugars has adopted a novel practice in cane cultivation based on Australian and Brazilian technology. The technology was initially experimented on demonstration plots in over 200 acres near
Valentine's day appears to have kissed the sleeping Indian floriculture industry to life this year. Industry sources estimate that cut flower exports for the season touched an all-time high of about
A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state governments to apprise it of the steps taken to curb the suicides of cotton growers in parts of Warangal and other districts
European Union countries will be able to choose how to allocate billions of Ecus of Brussels aid to farmers for the first time under controversial plans for reforming the Common Agricultural
US co seizes patent, India chalks out counter : In a crippling blow to India , Basmati rice has been patented in the United States. The patent for calling aromatic rice grown outside India "Basmati"
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has decided to lift the ban on onion exports with effect from February 23 to prevent onion growers in Maharashtra from
With unseasonal rains in December affecting crops in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, cotton production has been downscaled to 164 lakh bales this season (October-September) , a United States